Ella VerbsTo stew, to cook Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Guisar (to stew, to cook) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: guiso, guisas, guisa, guisamos, guisáis, guisan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
Guisar is the Spanish verb for "to stew, to cook". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to guisar include: cocer, cocinar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | guisar | to stew, to cook |
| Past participle | guisado | stewed |
| Gerund | guisando | stewing |
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The Indicative Present of guisar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "guiso", meaning "I stew".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guiso | I stew |
| Tú | guisas | you stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisa | s/he stews |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisamos | we stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisáis | you (plural) stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisan | they stew |
The Indicative Preterite of guisar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "guisé", meaning "I stewed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisé | I stewed |
| Tú | guisaste | you stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisó | s/he stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisamos | we stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisasteis | you (plural) stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisaron | they stewed |
The Indicative Imperfect of guisar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "guisaba", meaning "I used to stew".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisaba | I used to stew |
| Tú | guisabas | you used to stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisaba | s/he used to stew |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisábamos | we used to stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisabais | you (plural) used to stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisaban | they used to stew |
The Indicative Present Continuous of guisar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy guisando", meaning "I am stewing".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy guisando | I am stewing |
| Tú | estás guisando | you are stewing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está guisando | s/he is stewing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos guisando | we are stewing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis guisando | you (plural) are stewing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están guisando | they are stewing |
The Indicative Informal Future of guisar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a guisar", meaning "I am going to stew".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a guisar | I am going to stew |
| Tú | vas a guisar | you are going to stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a guisar | s/he is going to stew |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a guisar | we are going to stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a guisar | you (plural) are going to stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a guisar | they are going to stew |
The Indicative Future of guisar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "guisaré", meaning "I will stew".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisaré | I will stew |
| Tú | guisarás | you will stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisará | s/he will stew |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisaremos | we will stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisaréis | you (plural) will stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisarán | they will stew |
The Indicative Conditional of guisar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "guisaría", meaning "I would stew".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisaría | I would stew |
| Tú | guisarías | you would stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisaría | s/he would stew |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisaríamos | we would stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisaríais | you (plural) would stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisarían | they would stew |
The Indicative Present Perfect of guisar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he guisado", meaning "I have stewed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he guisado | I have stewed |
| Tú | has guisado | you have stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha guisado | s/he has stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos guisado | we have stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis guisado | you (plural) have stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han guisado | they have stewed |
The Indicative Past Perfect of guisar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había guisado", meaning "I had stewed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había guisado | I had stewed |
| Tú | habías guisado | you had stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había guisado | s/he had stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos guisado | we had stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais guisado | you (plural) had stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían guisado | they had stewed |
The Indicative Future Perfect of guisar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré guisado", meaning "I will have stewed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré guisado | I will have stewed |
| Tú | habrás guisado | you will have stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá guisado | s/he will have stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos guisado | we will have stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis guisado | you (plural) will have stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán guisado | they will have stewed |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of guisar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría guisado", meaning "I would have stewed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría guisado | I would have stewed |
| Tú | habrías guisado | you would have stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría guisado | s/he would have stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos guisado | we would have stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais guisado | you (plural) would have stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían guisado | they would have stewed |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "guise", meaning "I stew".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guise | I stew |
| Tú | guises | you stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guise | s/he stews |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisemos | we stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guiséis | you (plural) stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisen | they stew |
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "guisara", meaning "I stewed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisara | I stewed |
| Tú | guisaras | you stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisara | s/he stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisáramos | we stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisarais | you (plural) stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisaran | they stewed |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "guisare", meaning "I will stew".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guisare | I will stew |
| Tú | guisares | you will stew |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guisare | s/he will stew |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisáremos | we will stew |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisareis | you (plural) will stew |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisaren | they will stew |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya guisado", meaning "I have stewed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya guisado | I have stewed |
| Tú | hayas guisado | you have stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya guisado | s/he has stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos guisado | we have stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis guisado | you (plural) have stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan guisado | they have stewed |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera guisado", meaning "I had stewed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera guisado | I had stewed |
| Tú | hubieras guisado | you had stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera guisado | s/he had stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos guisado | we had stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais guisado | you (plural) had stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran guisado | they had stewed |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere guisado", meaning "I will have stewed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere guisado | I will have stewed |
| Tú | hubieres guisado | you will have stewed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere guisado | s/he will have stewed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos guisado | we will have stewed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis guisado | you (plural) will have stewed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren guisado | they will have stewed |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "guise", meaning "(to you formal) stew!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | guisa | (to you) stew! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | guise | (to you formal) stew! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | guisemos | let's stew! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | guisad | (to you plural) stew! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | guisen | (to you plural formal) stew! |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no guise", meaning "(to you formal) don't stew!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no guises | (to you) don't stew! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no guise | (to you formal) don't stew! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no guisemos | let's not stew! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no guiséis | (to you plural) don't stew! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no guisen | (to you plural formal) don't stew! |
Guisar is a fully regular -AR verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.
In the present tense (presente), guisar is conjugated as: yo guiso, tú guisas, él/ella/usted guisa, nosotros guisamos, vosotros guisáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes guisan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), guisar is conjugated as: yo guisé, tú guisaste, él/ella/usted guisó, nosotros guisamos, vosotros guisasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes guisaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), guisar is conjugated as: yo guisaba, tú guisabas, él/ella/usted guisaba, nosotros guisábamos, vosotros guisabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes guisaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), guisar is conjugated as: yo guisaré, tú guisarás, él/ella/usted guisará, nosotros guisaremos, vosotros guisaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes guisarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), guisar is conjugated as: yo guise, tú guises, él/ella/usted guise, nosotros guisemos, vosotros guiséis, ellos/ellas/ustedes guisen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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